Among the imagery of the summer we cannot help but include a sunset on a Greek island, with the breathtaking view of the sea and a romantic candlelit dinner waiting for us. To hear the Greece closer or to remember it once back from vacation, we have collected some here Greek recipes to feel a little less nostalgia and to recreate at home – at least a little – the unique atmosphere and the typical flavors of Hellenic cuisine.

We discover the most famous preparations and some less known recipes.

The tzatziki sauce and yogurt

At the base of many Greek recipes there is the Tzatziki sauce. Preparing it well, for a dinner with Hellenic flavors, is essential. For all the Greeks this sauce based on yogurt, garlic and cucumbers is a perfect accompaniment for many ingredients, come on bread croutons toasted with a drizzle of oil in many recipes with meat and vegetables of all kinds. A recommendation is required for preparation: use only Greek yogurt, maybe made at home.

Street food with Greek recipes

If you want Greek food streef for your summer dinner, the Greek recipes of gyros pita and the dakos will surely do for you. The first is the typical Greek sandwich, to be made at home and seasoned with tomato, salad, pork, chicken or beef, tzatziki sauce and maybe a little chili. If you don't want to dress it you can use it instead of bread to taste the other dishes. The dakos, instead, it is a dry bread typical of the island of Crete but widespread throughout Greece, the equivalent of Italian frisella, the starting point for the famous Greek salad.

Greek and feta salad

The perfect recipe Greek salad will allow you to bring a table dish balanced and tasty, fresh and colorful, ideal for your summer dinner. When we talk about salad in Hellenic soil we cannot transcend from feta, the typical cheese of the region, base for many preparations.

With this cheese, in addition to the famous salad, you can prepare lots of dishes. The Bouyourdì for example, with peppers, tomatoes and chilli, the tyropita, to do with puff pastry or filo pastry and la feta saganaki, with battered and fried cheese to serve with honey and sesame.

The moussaka

Any summer dinner with Greek recipes worthy of respect cannot ignore her majesty moussaka. This extraordinary dish of Hellenic tradition, based on eggplant, meat and béchamel is a kind of lasagna with potatoes, aubergines, meat and béchamel.

The other less famous recipes

If you still don't have the ideas for a summer dinner with Greek recipes, here are some less-known dishes to bring to the table. Let's start from spanakopita, a savory pie, ideal for a buffet appetizer, with the inevitable feta cheese, parsley, a pinch of dried dill, chopped spring onions, eggs, salt and pepper. If you feel like meatballs you can try this recipe based on pork, for a fragrant and tasty dish to bring to the table. And the sweet? To conclude your dinner with Greek recipes, prepare the loukoumi, a delicious dolcetto – typical of Hellenic cuisine – flavored with rose, generally served as an accompaniment to coffee. And right on coffee the last tip: remember that in Greece you use – and drink – always cold!